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BOSTON - Accton Technology Corporation will Introduce the EtherCombo-32 and
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the EtherCombo-16 at this year's NetWorld Boston exhibition, two new
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network interface card adapters that incorporate the company's new EN50903
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proprietary Ethernet chip. These two network adapters represent the first
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In a new generation of networking products that consolidate multiple
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cabling and adapter standards into the same network inter ace card, giving
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network installers more integration flexibility with a single adapter.
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Unlike other network adapters, the EtherCombo cards have three types of
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connectors to accommodate any Ethernet cabling environment. A BNC
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connector is provided for thin Ethernet connections, an AUI connector for
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thick Ethernet, and an RJ-45 connector to accommodate unshielded
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twisted-pair cabling. The EtherCombo-32 (Model No. EN1200) is Accton's new
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802.3, 32-bit EISA bus network adapter card. Accton's new EISA bus adapter
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has a data bus width of 32 bits, and has built-in bus mastering, buffering
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up to 33 Mbytes of data for transfer for faster performance. A socket is
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also provided for an optional 16-Kbyte boot ROM chip.
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The EtherCombo-16 (Model No. EN1640) is Accton's newest 16-bit Ethernet
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card with BNC, AUI, and RJ45 cable support built in. Designed for the
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PC/XT/AT workstation bus, this adapter is fully compatible with Novell's
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NE1000 and NE2000 adapters, and with the Western Digital WD8003 Ethernet
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adapter. The EtherCombo-16's architecture provides support for l/O port
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and memory share data transfer. The adapter has an 8/16 data bus width,
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and there is a socket for an optional 16-, 32-, of 64-Kbyte boot ROM
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chip.
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As with all of Accton's network adapters, the EtherCombo-32 and the
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EtherCombo-16 come with their own diagnostic software package, AccTest,
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which verifies the integrity of any network connection. The adapters also
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come with drivers to support NetWare 2 x and 3.x, IBM's OS/2 Extended
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Edition, IBM's LAN Server, NetBlOS, Microsoft's LAN Manager, 3Com's
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3+Open, SCO UNIX, Interactive's UNIX, TCP/IP software from FTP and NCSA,
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PC-NFS from Sun, DECnet's Pathworks, Banyan's VINES, and Accton's own
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network operating system, LanSoft.
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"Our customers have been looking for a single network adapter that can meet
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all of their installation needs," explained Marshall Behiing, Marketing
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Director for Accton. "These two EtherCombo cards are the first step in
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consolidating various network standards into a single adapter. Now VARs
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can stock just two cards, one for AT-type workstations and one for
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EISA-type workstations and servers, and still support any cable type their
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customers might have installed. With these cards, it becomes easy to
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preconfigure workstations, making it a simple matter to provide
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plus-and-play connectivity to customers.
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"Furthermore, these new network adapters are the first Accton cards to
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utilize our new EN50903 Ethernet controller," Behling added. "Because we
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have developed our own high-performance chip, we can offer our customers
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both higher quality and greater Integration flexibility. By using our own
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chip technology we can not only assure our customers a steady supply of
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adapters, but we can back the quality of these NICs with a lifetime
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warranty. In fact, with these two adapters, Accton Is Introducing a
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two-for-one warranty on all of our board products - if an Accton adapter
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falls, the customer gets two replacement adapters free of charge."
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Accton's EN50903 controller combines the bus Inter ace and network
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interface controller Into a single Ethernet chip, making it possible to
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create network adapters that can support multiple connectivity platforms.
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The EN50903 can support both 8- and 16-bit bus topologies, as well as
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offering software-selectable support for AUI, BNC, and RJ-45 connectors.
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it also features a 16-Kbyte memory buffer, and has an EEPROM interface so
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network adapter Interface can be stored to configure the adapter
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automatically.
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Both EtherCombo network adapters are scheduled to ship in March.
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BOSTON - Accton Technology Corporation is introducing its new line of
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EtherCombo network interface cards at this year's NetWorld Boston. What
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makes these new NICs faster and more versatile is a new, proprietary,
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Ethernet controller chip, the EN50903, which makes it possible to support
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different PC bus speeds and bus interface, as well as delivering
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software-selectable cable support for thin Ethernet, thick Ethernet, and
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10BASE-T cabling.
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Accton's EN50903 integrates the bus interface controller and the network
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interface controller into a single chip. This makes it possible to create
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an Inexpensive, versatile network interface card that supports multiple
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cable types, as well as multiple PC bus configurations. The EN50903
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Interface control can handle an 8/16-bit l/O stream (which Is compatible
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with Novell's NE1000/NE2000), an 8 bit data stream with zero wait states
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and shared memory (which Is compatible with the Western Digital WD8003EB),
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and an 8-bit parallel port Interface for an external network adapter, such
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as Accton's EtherPocket which delivers the network connection through the
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parallel port.
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The EN50903 currently supports either an 8- or 16-bit data bus, has 16
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Kbytes of memory for data buffering, and has a software-selectable
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Interface for AUI, BNC, of RJ45 cable connectors. It also Implements 256
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I/O address selections with 64 shared memory address selections, 32 boot
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ROM address selections, and 8 interrupt channel selections. It also
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supports an EEPROM Interface to automatically store and configure the
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adapter, Including l/O address, memory address, BIOS ROM address,
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interrupt channel, memory buffer size, LAN address, and adapter type.
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"The EtherCombo cards are just the first of a new generation of Accton
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connectivity products that will give our customers greater networking
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flexibility with fewer network components," said Marshall Behling,
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Marketing Director for Accton. "From the customer's perspective, the
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obvious benefits of creating our own Ethernet controller chip are that we
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can deliver support for multiple cabling and hardware platforms in a
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single adapter. It also means we can deliver higher performance and
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greater reliability because we can control manufacturing from the silicon
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on up. That's why we can extend a lifetime warranty on all of our board
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products. From a manufacturers' viewpoint, it also means we can control
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our own destiny guaranteeing a steady supply of chips to meet the
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manufacturing demand."
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Accton executives have indicated that future Accton connectivity products
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will Incorporate the EN50903 controller chip.
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Accton Technology Corporation manufactures a complete line of connectivity
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hardware and software for Token Ring and Ethernet, Including network
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Interface cards, hubs, multistation access units, repeaters, modems,
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workstations, and support software. Contact Accton Technology Corporation,
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46750 Fremont Boulevard, #104, Fremont, CA 94538; telephone (800) 926-9288
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or (510) 226-9800; FAX (510) 226-9833.
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